Andrea Mangiatordi
Address
via San Michele, 15
23876, Monticello Brianza
Lecco (Italy)
contacts
email: [email protected]
mobile: +39 339 8264563
Education
September 2007 - January 2011
Ph.D. “Quality of Life in the Information Society”
Thesis title: New Perspectives for Inclusion: Special Education meets One to
One Computing
http://boa.unimib.it/handle/10281/20132
University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
October 2004 - March 2007
Master’s Degree in Communication and Multimedia Publishing
Thesis title: Designing a Software Communication Aid for a Person with
Mobility Impairment
University of Bergamo, Italy
October 2001 - November 2004
Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Sciences
Thesis title: A Computational Approach to Schenkerian Analysis of Music,
University of Bergamo, Italy
Professional
development
June - September 2013
Professional Development course
“UDL101: An Introduction to Universal Design for Learning”
Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Wakefield, MA
Research topics
My research interests are mainly focused on ICT as a means for fostering
social inclusion and social interaction. Specifically, my research so far
has focused on:
• Universal Design in education and the role of technology in creating inclusive (learning) environments: I am currently studying different instructional content creation models for the definition of practical
paradigms for the implementation of technology at school in a way that
is sensible to differences and to variability of learning;
• web accessibility and the inclusive potential of the Web: I am interested in how the World Wide Web can be a means to foster social
inclusion; with this perspective in mind, in 2007 I started the development of an original web framework for enhancing the accessibility of
websites, called “Farfalla project” (http://farfalla-project.org);
• ICT4D and the use of technology at school in developing countries;
during my collaboration with the One Laptop Per Child project in
Uruguay (http://one.laptop.org), I studied the inclusion of children with mobility impairment in mainstream classes where every child
received a computer; my methodological approach was a mix of qualitative and quantitative techniques, following the Action Research paradigm;
• the use of social media, and the meanings related to it: since 2008 I
have been participating in the activity of the Bicocca Observatory on
New Media (http://numediabios.eu), studying the media diet of university students under both qualitative and quantitative perspectives;
this also involved research about the use of new media in Education,
TEL, eLearning and the development of Personal Learning Environments.
Publications
Journal Articles
Mangiatordi, A. (2013). Contenuti digitali e variabilità dell’apprendimento,
verso una progettazione universale. Libri e riviste d’Italia, 9(3-4), 39-46.
Aliprandi, S., & Mangiatordi, A. (2013). Content production and perception of copyright: an analysis of habits and beliefs of internet users. European
Journal of Law and Technology, 4(3).
Ferri, P., Cavalli, N., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., Pozzali, A., Scenini,
F., & Serenelli, F. (2013). Italian Undergraduates Join Facebook, but Keep
a Critical Distance: “It is Useless, but I’m Using It” International Journal of
Digital Literacy and Digital Competence, 4 (2), 13-24.
DOI: 10.4018/jdldc.2013040102
Mainardi, A., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., & Scenini, F. (2013). Gender differences in online consumption and content production among Italian
undergraduate students. Rivista PIC-AIS - Cultura e Comunicazione, 3(1),
39-53.
Mangiatordi, A. & Serenelli, F. (2013) Universal Design for Learning: a
meta-analytic review of 80 abstracts from peer reviewed journals. Research
on Education and Media, 5 (1), 109-118.
Cavalli, N., Ferri, P., Mangiatordi, A., Pozzali, A., & Scenini, F. (2013).
Il valore dell’eBook. Scientific Research and Information Technology, 3 (1),
13-24. DOI: 10.2423/i22394303v3n1p13
Garbo, R., Mangiatordi, A., & Negri, S. (2012). A Computer Based Support to Guided Note Taking: A Preliminary Study on University Students
with Dyslexia. International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education,
1 (2), 52-59.
Cavalli, N., Ferri, P., Mangiatordi, A., Pozzali, A., & Scenini, F. (2012).
Dieta mediale degli studenti universitari: primi risultati di una ricerca quantitativa diacronica, Scientific Research and Information Technology, 2 (1),
21-42. DOI: 10.2423/i22394303v2n1p21
Mangiatordi, A. (2012). Inclusion of Mobility-Impaired Children in the
One-to-One Computing Era: A Case Study. Mind, Brain, and Education, 6
(1): 54-62. DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2011.01133.x
Ferri, P., Cavalli, N., Costa, E., Mangiatordi, A., Mizzella, S., Pozzali, A.,
& Scenini, F. (2010). Gli studenti universitari italiani e le nuove tecnologie
digitali di comunicazione. International Journal of Information Sciences for
Decision Making, 39 (1)
Available online at http://isdm.univ-tln.fr/PDF/isdm39/Article_Isdm_
Ticemed09_Ferri-et-al_MP%20ok.pdf
Book Sections
Mangiatordi, A. (2014). Using Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
to Evaluate a Computer Assisted Note Taking Software Solution, in T. Di
Mascio, R. Gennari, P. Vittorini, R. Vicari, & F. De la Prieta (Eds.), Methodologies and Intelligent Systems for Technology Enhanced Learning (Vol. 292,
pp. 157Ð164). Springer.
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-07698-0_20
Mangiatordi, A., (2012). OLPC: un computer per ogni bambino, in Giusti,
M., Franchi, M., Gianoncelli, T., & Lugarini, A., Forme Azioni Suoni per il
Diritto all’educazione. I laboratori nella formazione degli insegnanti e degli
educatori, Guerini, Milano
ISBN : 978-8-881-07342-9
Sbattella, L., Tedesco, R., Quattrini Li, A., Genovese, E., Corradini, M.,
Guaraldi, G., Garbo, R., Mangiatordi, A., & Negri, S. (2012). The CATS
Project, Advanced Information Technology in Education, Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-642-25907-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25908-1_34
Mangiatordi, A., (2011). Hacia un entorno inclusivo. Movimiento social
para Ceibal – Miradas al contexto nacional e internacional de proyectos de
un computador por niño, UNESCO, Montevideo. Available online at
http://www.movilizacionsocial.net/
Fornasa, W., & Mangiatordi, A. (2010). Un’altra scuola o una scuola
altra? Note su scuola e pensiero digitale, in Fornasa, W., Accad(d)e domani.
Spaggiari, Parma.
Mangiatordi, A., Acosta, M., & Castellano, R. (2010). Lend Me Your
Voice – A Constructivist Approach to Augmentative Communication. Organizational, Business, and Technological Aspects of the Knowledge Society
(pp. 289-294). Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-642-16323-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16324-1_30
Ferri, P., Mangiatordi, A., & Pozzali, A. (2010). Don’t Break the Memory
Line: Social Memory, Digital Storytelling and Local Communities. Organizational, Business, and Technological Aspects of the Knowledge Society (pp.
453-459). Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-642-16323-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16324-1_54
Mangiatordi, A., & Pischetola, M. (2010). Sustainable Innovation Strategies in Education: OLPC Case Studies in Ethiopia and Uruguay. Organizational, Business, and Technological Aspects of the Knowledge Society (pp.
94-104). Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-642-16323-4 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16324-1_11
Ferri, P., Cavalli, N., Costa, E., Mangiatordi, A., Mizzella, S., Pozzali,
A., & Scenini, F. (2009). Italian University Students and Digital Technologies: Some Results from a Field Research. Best Practices for the Knowledge
Society. Knowledge, Learning, Development and Technology for All (pp. 357365). Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-642-04756-5 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04757-2_38
Mangiatordi, A., Dondi, R., & Fornasa, W. (2008). Moving Assistive
Technology on the Web: The Farfalla Experience. The Open Knowlege Society. A Computer Science and Information Systems Manifesto (pp. 598-602).
Springer.
ISBN: 978-3-540-87782-0 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87783-7_76
Conference Proceedings
Mangiatordi, A., (In print). Using Universal Design for Learning guidelines to evaluate a computer assisted note taking software solution. Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Evidence Based and User centred
Technology Enhanced Learning (EBUTEL). Trento, IT.
Sartorelli, S. & Mangiatordi, A., (2013). “Le parole sono suoni”: un progetto sperimentale di didattica multimediale tra musica e poesia. Proceedings
of DIDAMATICA 2013. Pisa, IT.
Cavalli, N., Ferri, P., Mainardi, A., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., Pozzali,
A. & Scenini, F. (2013). How do Italian University students see and use
Facebook: is it private, public, or both? Proceedings of “MIT8 - Public
Media, Private Media” Conference. Boston, MA.
Mangiatordi, A. & Serenelli, F., (2013). Universal Design for Learning a meta-analytic review of research evidence. Proceedings of the 2013 ATEE
Winter Conference. Genoa, IT.
Garbo, R., Mangiatordi, A., & Negri, S. (2012). Disability Services addressing Learning Disabilities: taking students’ voices into account. Proceedings of the Ireland International Conference on Education (IICE2012).
Dublin, IE.
Serenelli, F., Ruggeri, E., & Mangiatordi, A. (2012). How to teach science in 1to1 primary schools. An experimental study about learning objects
efficacy in critical contexts. Proceedings of the European Conference on eLearning (ECEL-2012). Groningen, NL.
Serenelli, F., Ruggeri, E., Mangiatordi, A., & Ferri, P.M. (2011). Applying
Multimedia Learning Theory in Primary School - An Experimental Study
about learning Settings using Digital Science Contents. Proceedings of the
European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL-2011). Brighton, UK.
ISBN: 978-1-908272-22-5
Mangiatordi, A., & Garbo, R. (2011) Inclusion of a motor impaired child
in a technology-enhanced mainstream class: a case study. Proceedings of the
London International Conference on Education (LICE2011) (pp. 350-353).
London, UK.
ISBN: 978-1-908320-03-2
Cavalli, N., Costa, E. I., Ferri, P., Mangiatordi, A., Micheli, M., Pozzali,
A., Scenini, F., et al. (2011). Facebook influence on university students’
media habits: qualitative results from a field research. Proceedings of “MIT7
- Unstable Platforms” Conference. Boston, MA. Available online at: http:
//boa.cilea.it/handle/10281/23493
Mangiatordi, A., & Singh Sareen, H. (2011). Farfalla project: browserbased accessibility solutions. Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary
Conference on Web Accessibility - W4A ’11. New York, New York, USA:
ACM Press.
DOI: 10.1145/1969289.1969317
Mangiatordi, A., & Dondi, R. (2010). Farfalla: a step toward an inclusive
web. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Software Development for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion (DSAI2010)
(pp. 87-93). Oxford, UK.
Serenelli, F., & Mangiatordi, A. (2010). The “One Laptop Per Child”
XO laptop as a PLE. A cognitive artifact beyond hardware and software.
Proceedings of the PLE conference 2010. Barcelona, Spain.
Available online at http://pleconference.citilab.eu/cas/wp-content/
uploads/2010/06/ple2010_submission_71.pdf
Mangiatordi, A., & Ferri, P. (2010). Disabled Children and XO Laptop:
Integration and Inclusion Patterns inside the CEIBAL Plan in Uruguay. Proceedings of the Canada International Conference on Education (CICE2010)
(pp. 461-464). Toronto, Canada.
ISBN: 978-0-9564263-2-1
Cavalli, N., Costa, E., Ferri, P., Mangiatordi, A., Pozzali, A., Scenini, F.,
& Paganoni, J. (2009). How do University Students Approach Digital Technologies: Empirical Results and Theoretical Considerations. Proceedings of
‘MIT6 - Stone and Papyrus, Storage and Transmission” Conference. Boston,
MA.
Available online at http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/mit6/papers/cavalli.
pdf
Mentions and
Awards
Best Poster at European Conference on E-Learning 2012 (ECEL2012) for the
paper:
Serenelli, F., Ruggeri, E. & Mangiatordi, A. (2012). How to teach science
in 1 to 1 primary schools. An experimental study about learning objects
efficacy in critical contexts. Proceedings of the European Conference on eLearning (ECEL-2012). Groningen, NL.
http://academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2012/ecel12-home.htm
Best PhD Paper at European Conference on E-Learning 2011 (ECEL2011)
for the paper:
Serenelli, F., Ruggeri, E., Mangiatordi, A., & Ferri, P.M. (2011). Applying
Multimedia Learning Theory in Primary School - An Experimental Study
about learning Settings using Digital Science Contents. Proceedings of the
European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL-2011). Brighton, UK.
http://academic-conferences.org/ecel/ecel2011/ecel11-home.htm
Honorable Mention of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman’s Awards for Advancement in Accessibility, Washington, D.C., October
2011 for the Farfalla Project (http://farfalla-project.org/)
Winner of the FCC Challenge Lifted by the Cloud - Visions of Cloud-Enhanced
Accessibility (http://challenge.gov/FCC/82), October 2011 for the Farfalla Project (http://farfalla-project.org/)
First Prize as Mentor for the Software Design category and Second Prize for
the Software Design Accessibility category at India’s Microsoft Imagine Cup
2011 (IC2011)
Judges Award, Microsoft Accessibility Challenge at W4A2011 Conference,
Hyderabad, India, March 2011 for the paper:
Mangiatordi, A., & Singh Sareen, H. (2011). Farfalla project: browserbased accessibility solutions. Proceedings of the International Cross-Disciplinary
Conference on Web Accessibility - W4A ’11. New York, New York, USA:
ACM Press.
DOI:10.1145/1969289.1969317
Teaching and
Tutoring
Experience
Academic Year 2013/2014
Laboratory Teacher of Educational Technology, University of Milano
Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa” - PAS
(Teacher preparation) course, April-July 2014
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2013
Academic Year 2012/2013
Teacher of Educational Technology in the postgraduate course “Didattica
e Psicopedagogia per i Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento”, Department
of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, March 2014
Tutor for the Inclusive Education course, Department of Human Sciences
for Education “R. Massa”, April-September 2013
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2012
Academic Year 2011/2012
Teacher of Educational Technology in the postgraduate course “Didattica
e Psicopedagogia per i Disturbi Specifici dell’Apprendimento”, Department
of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, December 2012
Tutor for the Inclusive Education course, Department of Human Sciences
for Education “R. Massa”, April-September 2012
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2011
Academic Year 2010/2011
Tutor for the Inclusive Education course, Department of Human Sciences
for Education “R. Massa”, April-September 2011
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2010
Academic year 2009/2010
Tutor for the Educational Technology course, University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, July-September
2010
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2009
Academic year 2008/2009
Laboratory Teacher of Basic Computer Science, University of Bergamo,
Faculty of Foreign Languages, October-December 2008
Tutor for the Educational Technology, University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, July-September 2009
Academic year 2007/2008
Tutor for the Assistive Technology module at the Master Course “Metodi e
tecniche per l’E-Tutor della scuola”, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore,
Milano, March-May 2008
Tutor of the Educational Technology course, University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, June-September
2008
Participation in
conferences
(beyond papers)
Invited speech: Universal Design for Learning: from Guidelines to Practice.
Technology Enhanced Learning at Free University of Bozen, Bozen, 20th June
2013
Organization and steering committee: Giornate di dialogo dei dottorandi 2013 (Doctoral Consortium 2013), University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, Milano, 24th May
2013
Workshop: Applicazione del modello Universal Design for Learning nella
formazione degli insegnanti. Secondo Convegno Nazionale Integrazione e Inclusione Scolastica, Free University of Bozen, Bozen, 13th April 2013
Organization and steering committee: Giornate di dialogo dei dottorandi 2012 (Doctoral Consortium 2012), University of Milano Bicocca, Department of Human Sciences for Education “R. Massa”, Milano, 4th-5th June
2012
Invited speech: Mendeley: un gestore di conoscenza ubiquo (Mendeley:
an ubiquitous knowledge management system). XXVIth GIDIF-RBM Workshop: Dalla “mobile library” al copyright nell’era delle Apps e dei Social
Network, Milano, 23rd November 2011
Workshop: Accessibility and the cloud: building an inclusive environment
on the Web. Department of Computer Science, Systems and Communication
(DISCO), University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, 13th October 2011
Invited speech: Inclusion of mobility impaired children in the one-to-one
computing era: a case study, Sixth Course of the International School on
Mind, Brain and Education, E. Majorana Foundation, Erice, 6th August
2011
Workshop and Organization: Sugar, il computer con il bambino al centro
(Sugar, the computer with the child at the center). Digital Learning - Scuola,
Apprendimento e Tecnologie Didattiche, Milano, 19th November 2010
Workshop: Are Italian university students on their way to developing their
PLEs? The PLE conference, Barcelona, 9th July 2010
Invited speech: OLPC and Special Schools - Towards an inclusive environment. International Conference on 1-to-1 computing in Education, IDB,
Wien, 23rd February 2010
Workshop: Un computer per ogni bambino (One computer per child). Il
diritto di essere bambini, Triennale Design Museum, Milano, 6th November
2009
Invited speech: Percorsi di integrazione e di inclusione nel contesto del plan
CEIBAL in Uruguay (Integration and inclusion paths in the CEIBAL context, Uruguay). Evolutive Ecology Lab, Education Department, University
of Bergamo, 1st October 2009
Invited speech: OLPC: il progetto, le potenzialità (OLPC: The project,
the potential). ‘I’ come Innovazione, Invenzione e Inclusione. Competenze
chiave e creatività: l’apprendimento permanente per il 21o secolo, SERMIG,
Torino, 29th September 2009
Invited speech: XO laptop y discapacidad - una experiencia de trabajo con
niños integrados en escuelas publicas comunes de Montevideo (XO laptop and
Disability – a working experience with children integrated in public schools
in Montevideo). Foro de Innovación de las Américas, Montevideo, 26th May
2009
Invited speech: Tecnologie Assistive - dal Desktop al Web, verso la Didattica (Assistive Technology - from Desktop to Web, towards Teaching).
Department of Education, University of Salento, Lecce, 13th January 2009
Organization: Forme e paradossi della democrazia digitale: protesi cognitive, social networking, blogosfera e wikiscenza (Forms and paradoxes of
Digital Democrcy: cognitive prostheses, social networking, blogosphere and
wiki-knowledge). Democrazia e Conoscenza, Milano, 10th October 2008
Invited speech: Snack culture? La dieta mediale digitale degli universitari
milanesi (Snack culture? The digital diet of university students in Milan).
Tech it Easy, Milano, 6th November 2008
Invited speech: Evoluzioni dell’era digitale (Evolutions of the Digital Era).
Evolutive Ecology Lab, Education Department, University of Bergamo, 16th
February 2008
Other activities
Mendeley Reference Management Software (http://www.mendeley.com/) Advisor (2013-present)
Bergamo Linux Users Group (http://bglug.it) - Member of the Oversight
Board (2007-2014)
ceibalJAM! (http://ceibaljam.org/) - Member, Designer (2009-2010)
Farfalla Project (Open Source Software, http://farfalla-project.org) Developer (2007-present)
BrigX Linux Users Group - President (2015-present)